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Sundiver by David Brin6/29/2023 ![]() An alien friend of Demwa's, Fagin (a Kanten), contacts Demwa and offers him a job. He is recovering from a tragedy at the Vanilla Space Needle where he saved the space elevator from destruction but lost his love in the process. The novel begins with the main character, Jacob Demwa, working at the center for uplift on Earth. Humanity begins to uplift other species on Earth, including chimpanzees and dolphins, but does not demand subservience. This leads to great arguments among the alien powers. ![]() This had been believed to be impossible, nothing of the sort is known in the eons-old galactic library. The arrival of a human ship at a populated star upsets the established races as humanity reached sentience on their own. All existing races have reached sentience through this process, and follow a common evolution in which the races become free of their uplifters, enter of period of independent power, and then fade and eventually disappear. As "payment" for being made sentient, the uplifted races are subservient to their uplifters for a period of time. The book takes place in a galaxy filled with alien races, all of whom were "uplifted" into sentience by another race through the use of forced breeding. ![]() It is the first book of his first Uplift trilogy, followed by Startide Rising in 1983 and The Uplift War in 1987. Sundiver is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin. ![]()
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![]() Michael dares not speak to her of his love. Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant. ![]() Unfortunately for Michael, however, Francesca’s surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer-the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.īut that was then. ![]() For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.Īfter a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. ![]() Look for Queen Charlotte, the new Bridgerton story by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the Netflix series.įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Start with Shards of Honor or with Warrior’s Apprentice is good. Second that vote for the Vorkosigan series. ![]() Vorkosigian saga by Lois McMaster Bujold.Last of the Renshai by Mickey Zucher-reichard,.Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee sequence books.Fire with Fire and it’s sequel Trial by Fire by Charles Gannon.The 1632 series by Eric Flint and others.Pixie Noir by Cedar Sanderson, first book in a trilogy.First book is called Earth Song Overture. Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files ( Storm Front is book 1).Both are excellent in their own different ways. Since this is on my blog, and there’s a chance you haven’t read Larry Correia yet, start there with Monster Hunter International or Hard Magic. It’s really fun to get a group of avid readers started on what they have enjoyed, and recommend to others. There are duplicates, I left them in because I think they indicate which series are most popular and a good place to start. ![]() I have cleaned it up very little, just removed names to spare confusion, and left in micro-reviews because they might be helpful. Well, if you ask in the Monster Hunter International group, this is the list you will get of authors, books, series, and sundry suggestions. Facebook Tweet Pin 1 So you have read everything Larry Correia ever wrote, and you are jonesing for a good book while he’s working on the next one. ![]()
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Comanche Heart by Catherine Anderson6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Regency might rule the day right now and always, but it seems that at one point Western/Native romances were giving it a run for its money. This is the stage Catherine Anderson sets in Comanche Moon, what seems to be by far the most popular of the massive array of Native American romances that flooded the market a few decades ago. Hunter especially, as his mother prophesied long ago about a blond woman who would steal his heart and sever him from his people irrevocably. Both think the other’s people are cruel barbarians, and have no desire to have anything to do with the other. Hunter of the Wolf (“Hunter”) in turn suffered his own damages after watching his pregnant wife die after a brutal rape at the hands of white raiders. ![]() Loretta Simpson’s parents were killed by a Comanche war party, and the trauma of witnessing the attack has left her mute. While the American Civil War is fought to the east, white settlers and the Comanches are busy fighting a war of their own, leaving a lot of sore hearts behind. ![]()
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The innocents mark twain novel6/28/2023 ![]() Out of the book emerges the first full-dress portrait of Mark Twain himself, the breezy, shrewd, and comical manipulator of English idioms and America’s mythologies about itself and its relation to the past. ![]() ![]() The result is a hilarious blend of vaudevillian comedy, actual travel guide, and stinging satire, directed at both the complacency of his fellow American travelers and their reverence for European relics. In his account Mark Twain assumes two alternate roles: at times the no-nonsense American who refuses to automatically venerate the famous sights of the Old World (preferring Lake Tahoe to Lake Como), or at times the put-upon simpleton, a gullible victim of flatterers and “frauds,” and an awe-struck admirer of Russian royalty. ![]() The Innocents Abroad (1869), based largely on letters written for New York and San Francisco papers, narrates the progress of the first American organized tour of Europe-to Naples, Smyrna, Constantinople, and Palestine. The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It (sometimes called The Innocents at Home) were immensely successful when first published and they remain today the most popular travel books ever written. This Library of America volume contains the novels that, when published, transformed an obscure Western journalist into a national celebrity. ![]() Save $125 when you buy all eight volumes of the Complete Mark Twain Library. ![]()
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() His father’s side of the family had all lived “disciplined, respectable, frugal lives,” but his mother was the daughter of an orchestra conductor, so his personality was a “marriage of sober official conscientiousness with darker, more ardent impulses.” He lived an austere, hardworking life, and dedicated himself to his writing. He decided he needed “an exotic atmosphere,” and planned to go somewhere in the south of Europe.Īschenbach had achieved notoriety as a novelist, short story writer, and critic. ![]() He had always been extremely disciplined and worked hard at his writing, but now craved an escape from his work with some vacation. Embarrassed, Aschenbach walked away, but he found he had a sudden urge to travel faraway. He noticed a strange-looking man standing on the portico of a church with red hair and an “unusual appearance.” Aschenbach stared at him, and the foreign-seeming man looked back at him. ![]() Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous, well-respected German author, went for a walk one afternoon in Munich, tired from writing all morning. ![]()
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Huntley fitzpatrick6/28/2023 ![]() Please do not participate in or encourage piracy or copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, EnglandĪll rights reserved. Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road,Ĭamberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) ![]() Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, ![]() Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, U.S.A. ![]()
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Hand Me Down by Melanie Thorne6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() All the while, Liz is burdened by her stake in a bleak pact with a deceitful adult: to tell the truth about the darkest of her circumstances will cost her the ability to shelter Jaime. A string of broken promises propels Liz across two states as she searches for a safe home. When she chooses her new family over raising her first-born girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and forced to rely on the begrudging kindness of increasingly distant relatives. ![]() Their mother, once a loving parent, finds love with a dangerous ex-con. Their father, who’d rather work the system than a job, pours every dollar into his many vices. ![]() Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents’ cruel mistakes. ![]()
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Face offs and cheap shots6/27/2023 ![]() When it comes to competing, I’m all in, and nothing will get between me and the W.įace Offs & Cheap Shots is the second book in the CU Hockey series by Eden Finley and Saxon James, and it could technically be read as a standalone, but book 1 is really good and Grant and Zach are featured here, too, so you don’t want to miss out. Tormenting Jacobs at the same time will just be a bonus.Įven if I’m getting confusing feelings toward him, I won’t let it hold me back. I’m going to win these stupid challenges easily and spend my senior year as hockey king on this campus. ![]() I like pushing his buttons, but the guy needs to loosen up. I have no idea why Christopher Jacobs hates me, and I can’t say I care. Challenges that are throwing me and Beck together. Challenges that have nothing to do with hockey. The captain spot is going to a team vote, and the team thinks that what we need are a bunch of challenges to prove our worth. ![]() Yet, the coaches see something in him I obviously can’t, and they refuse to choose between us. TJ Beckett.īeck is irresponsible and immature, and I’ve hated him since the moment we met freshman year. There’s only one thing standing in my way. ![]() BLOG TOUR FACE OFFS & CHEAP SHOTS by Eden Finley & Saxon JamesĬover Design: Story Styling Cover Designsįor the last three years, I’ve lived and breathed hockey with one goal: team captain. ![]()
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Aristotles nichomachean ethics6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() It is not merely an investigation about what good consists of, but it hopes to be of practical help in achieving the good. Ethics, Aristotle says, is practical rather than theoretical, in the Aristotelian senses of these terms. In Aristotle's Metaphysics, he describes how Socrates, the friend and teacher of Plato, turned philosophy to human questions, whereas pre-Socratic philosophy had only been theoretical. The theme of the work is a Socratic question previously explored in the works of Plato, Aristotle's friend and teacher, about how men should best live. The work plays a pre-eminent role in explaining Aristotelian ethics. : I.2 It consists of ten books or scrolls, and is closely related to Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics. The Nicomachean Ethics ( / ˌ n aɪ k ɒ m ə ˈ k i ə n/ / ˌ n ɪ k ə m ə ˈ k i ə n/ Ancient Greek: Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia) is Aristotle's best-known work on ethics: the science of the good for human life, that which is the goal or end at which all our actions aim. First page of a 1566 edition of the Nicomachean Ethics in Greek and Latin ![]() |